How many pots and pans do you use to prepare dinner?

sometimes one and sometimes as many as 4 or 5. I do much prefer single pan cooking. when we were just moved here and had yet a place to live I did all my cooking in an electric skillet at the hotel. I made pizza in it and course meals - for instance for spaghetti I would boil the noodles and then keep them in the strainer when they were done while I sauteed the onions and peppers and garlic - and added the tomatoes and spices for the sauce..... I would let the sauce simmer a bit and then add the noodles in to heat back up.

It seems we always use a couple pots and pans when cooking dinner- even for tacos or pasta- One to boil the noodles in- One to brown the meat in- One to cook the meat and sauce in. Tacos same thing- 1 to brown the meat in- and a cookie sheet to bake the shells- plus numerous bowls to put lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, and whatever else you put on tacos. No matter how easy I try to make a meal- I always use a variety of dishes to cook it. I always start washing the pots and pans while the rest of dinner is cooking- I always start with a sink full of hot soapy water- and clean as I go- Not so much of a mess after

i usually prefer to go for simple dish as i don't want to end up with many dishes to wash... both me and my hubby are busy people and we work everyday... so we are very tired already by the time we reach home... i usually end up with the most 3 pots and pans... but i cook the dishes for 2 or 3 days courses... :-)

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It just depends. If my husband has the night off from work I cook more elaborate meals that use more pans. If it is just me and our daughter home I'll go simple and make something like hamburger helper. Or I'll bake chicken nuggets and french fries.I really hate doing dishes.

I try to cook with as few pots and pans as possible. I used to cook elaborately before I had children and therefore had more time on my hands to even have the energy to want to go back into the kitchen after dinner and tidy. Now I try to cook healthily, quickly and leave no mess! So I wash up as I work and then I stack the dishwasher directly after I serve the dinner... so any leftovers have to be put straight into the fridge and all the pots and pans and cooking utensils go straight into the top drawer of the dishwasher. My favourite meals to cook and use less pots and pans: Using the crock-pot/slow-cooker (is that cheating?) Making spaghetti bolognaise - 2 pots Soup - one pot Steak & vegies - frying pan and one pot - I cook more than one vegie at once - so I put the brocolli in first and cook for 3 mins and then add the snowpeas for 1 minute before I drain both. Tonight I cooked two dinners at once - one for the kids and one for the adults.... usually I cook the kids dinner at 4:30pm and the adults at 7pm, the kids have their desert while we eat our dinner and then its bed time. So I did a bit of juggling.... I cooked chippolatas (baby sausages) in the frying pan while boiling pasta in a pot, when the sausages were nearly ready I used my pasta drainer to steam some carrots on top of the pot of boiling pasta, I served the carrots and the strained pasta and the sausages and then put the steak on to cook. I then poured boiling water from the kettle into the empty pot (that I had previously used for the pasta and carrot steaming) and brought it to the bubbling boil, I threw in two corn on the cobs and turned over the steaks, I ran around and stuffed any things I had used to prepare food into the dishwasher. I then threw in a couple of handfuls of snowpeas and let them blanche for a moment before serving all the vegies and the steak for the adults. I then rinsed the fry pan and the pot and pushed them into the dishwasher and turned it on. I brought out the plates of food to everyone and I quickly wiped over the benches, so then I could sit down and enjoy my meal and not have to worry about cleaning up afterwards because it is hubby and kids who stack the dinner plates into the other drawer of the dishwasher and turn that on. Hrmm so to shorten my long winded answer to your question.... I try to only use two at the most!

I don't use a lot espically since I have not been eating a lot of starch with the foods I cook. I have only been cooking meat and vegtables. I use about 2 pans.

well througout the week mon-friday i do the cooking, at dinner time my husband isnt home he is at work so it is just myself and my daughter i have to cook for, so on those nights i will preaprae quick fix dinners like you.. tacos, sloppy joes,spaghetti, grilled cheese mac and cheesefrozen pizzas, chicken nuggets.. pretty much what ever she wants that night... but on the weekends or nights that my husband will be home, i will make dinner dinners like pork chops ( one pan) mashed potatoes ( 2 pans) corn on the cob ( 3 pans) rolls (cookie sheet.pan) LOL and then on sunday he makes a huge mess cooking because he uses the deep fryer and all that other good stuff... i dont mind doing dishes with just cooking for my daughter and i i wouldnt have to do dishes more than twice a week before it started over flowing. but on the weekedns i literally do the dishes like 5 times with him being home.. lol

It depends on how much time I have, and whether or not my husband is home. I do like to do things like sloppy joes sometimes, but I still have to use another pan for a veggie most times. Usually even if I cook a simple one dish meal, I end up making some kind of side dish. Sometimes I cook something in the crock pot and don't have a side, but rarely. Even then, usually I fix garlic bread or rolls or something. Usually at least once a week, I go all out and make a huge dinner. One day last week I made pork chops, baked potatoes, fried mushrooms, garlic cheesy bread, and green beans. They were all fixed in their own pans, so I did have quite a mess to clean up.

I'm a basic cook and usually only use one pot or two if I need to make cook veges or potatoes to go with the main meal. I only own 3 pots anyways!

Hi there. Depending on what Im cooking for dinner, I can use up too four pots and a roasting dish at the same time, maybe more and sometimes less... If Im cooking a simple dish I will probably use 1 pot and 1 pan...

I always use 2 pots.My favorite ones,for the cooking on the stove thing,like vegetables in one and noodles/potatoes/rice or something in the other.I bake alot of my food and use my favorite 12 inch round pizza pan lined with tin foil for the oven,its one i got from the pizza place when i worked there.Its just the right thickness not to burn or over cook food in.My grill i like too.He,he.

Anywhere from 1 to 3 pots, pans or skillets. A lot of it I try to keep to a minimum and I have found several shortcuts that can help me reduce clean up. If not, I've got a heavy duty dishwasher and potscrubber I can just deploy! The most pots I've used is 5 and that was when I cooked something major. I mentioned it in another "what is the biggest meal you've made" thread.

Through the week I generally use 2 pans-one for the main dish and one for the side. On weekends when my husband is home to help with our daughter, I like to experiment with new recipes so it's nothing for me to dirty up a whole sink full of dishes before I'm done.

I am big on one pot dinners. I have a nesco cooker and it is used at least 3 times a week. It is like a crockpot, but I like it so much better! Last night it was pizza subs for dinner, so that was very easy. Tonight is tacos, tomorrow chicken in the nesco. I am not one to use many pots and pans to make a dinner~ too much clean up.

I normally just use one to two pots when cooking. I like to try to keep things as simple as possible. The most I'll use is three and that's when I'm baking something along with what I'm cooking on the stove.

in most days, i only use two pots, one for rice and the other for meat and vegetables..when hubby is home, i prepare two dishes, aside from rice, then i'll be using more pots, and i agree, its messy... but i have help.. so its ok, i cook and the helper clean the kitchen... lol

As I'm a student, a tend to try to make something simple. So I usually use one pan for potatoes or rice, another pan for frozen vegetables, and a frying pan for meat. I could probably get away with fewer pans if I simplified my meals a bit, but I'm not sure if I could let any part of my meal go ;)